Historical essays on German mass politics, from novel and sometimes surprising viewpoints.

’Long live liberty, equality, fraternity and dynamite’ So went the traditional slogan of the radical liberals in Greater Swabia, the south-western part of m

By the end of the First World War, women's labor was viewed by contemporary observers as fundamental to the survival of family farms in Germany and consequently

In November 1918, German women gained the right to vote, and female suffrage would forever change the landscape of German political life. Women now constituted

How effective are election campaign posters? Providing a unique political history, this book traces the impact that these posters - as well as broadsides, banne